Temata is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Farrell Temata
Farrell Temata (1944 – 26 April 2013) was a New Zealand rugby union player and coach. He was a prop who played 44 times for the Waikato provincial rugby union team in the late 1960s and 1970s and later was the side's assistant coach from 1992 to ...
( 1944–2013), New Zealand rugby union player and coach
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Karl Temata
Karl Temata (born 12 July 1978) is a former Cook Islands international rugby league footballer who played as a or er in the 2000s and 2010s. He played at club level for the Hibiscus Coast Raiders, New Zealand Warriors, London Broncos/ Harlequ ...
(born 1978), New Zealand rugby league player
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Sonya Apa Temata, New Zealand activist and nurse
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Tessa Temata ( 1967–2019), New Zealand diplomat
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